Georgia judge orders President Obama to appear in court over 'birthers' suit

The Columbus (Ga.) Ldeger-Enquirer ^ | 1/23/2012 | Chuck Williams

[SteveH]

A Georgia judge has ordered President Barack Obama to appear in court in Atlanta Thursday for a hearing on a complaint that says Obama isn’t a natural-born citizen and can’t be president.

Orly Taitz, the California attorney who brought the legal challenge to Obama’s name on the March Georgia presidential primary ballot, says this is what she has been working for over the last three years.

“This will be 100 times bigger than Watergate,” she said Saturday morning, referring to the scandal that brought down President Richard Nixon in 1974.

[BagCamAddict]

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[seton89]

When will Reid and a half dozen of the DNC nomenklatura walk over to the WH and tell Barry that his time is up?

[spokeshave]

Here is the one thing you can BANK on: Wednesday, January 25, 2012 will come and go and Barry WILL NOT be sitting in any Georgia courtroom.

Very astute observation....the case is held on Thursday 26th....

If the 0bambi doesn't attend....he gets a default judgment against him.

It's like a petty claims court...don't bother to attend and suffer the consequences.

[Revel]

“As Clarence Thomas hinted at...natural born status does have merit, but...it would be SUCH a mess if Obama were displaced...including risk of civil war, no one in power will risk it (including Justice Thomas).

It’s a technical argument, which is easily twisted (”natural born” citizen, v. citizen...) which they WILL let lie, even if it is a lie.”

I am so tired of hearing that line of thinking. It is a huge part of the problem. No more principle. Let lawlessness stand so the lawless ones don’t create a problem. Jessie James would have love you.

Better just to get used to the elite’s lying, and defeat The 0 this year overwhelmingly.

[Enterprise]

As President, Obama doesn't have to show up on any lawsuit challenging his qualifications. He was "inaugurated" and that was the end of the story as far as the courts were concerned. But, as candidate Obama, who wants his name on the ballot for the 2012 election, he has to prove he is qualified to be on the ballot. I will make a leap of faith and conclude that in the 2008 election, no credible lawsuit was filed in Georgia challenging his eligibility.

I think that the court has the absolute right in this case to order candidate Obama to personally show up in court. His lawyers can't attest to his citizenship if the judge wants to hear it personally. And if Obama commits perjury in a State Court, he cannot be shielded from perjury charges, and his successor cannot give him a pardon because it is not a Federal matter. I hope he doesn't show up and the following happens:

1. He loses the case by default and his name cannot be put on the primary ballot.

2. It is appealed to the State Supreme Court and the appeal is denied because he defaulted.

3. It is appealed to the USSC and the USSC declines to hear it because it has ruled before that the States set the manner and qualifications of the elections. Think Lautenberg in New Jersey.

Just as a side question, do you know if the Democrat Party has submitted the required paperwork to the Georgia Secretary of State stating that he meets the qualifications to run for President? I seem to recall that there were two slightly differing statements of qualifications submitted last time by Nancy Pelosi. If so, which of them, if either, have been submitted this time?

[Enterprise]

A theoretical argument might be this:

Suppose Obama were eliminated from having his name on the primary ballots in a number of States because the proof he submitted regarding his citizenship did not satisfy the officials of the States. He would not necessarily be "displaced," just disqualified from being on ballots. He would serve out his term, and hopefully, simply fade away in disgrace and embarrassment.

[Enterprise]

If Reid and other Democrat leaders begin to believe that an elections disaster is looming for them, they will tell him soon, if they haven’t already.

[spokeshave]

The problem is that if 0bambi is disqualified to be on the ballot he is not subject to the two term rule for Presidents....

Welcome King 0bambi.

[Enterprise]

My hope is that if he is disqualified from enough states now, he would be disqualified by enough states in the future, and we wouldn’t have to ever worry about a second term. He wouldn’t be eligible to run. He would have to go back to Illinois and become a Senator again.

[WOBBLY BOB]

that only works on people who aren't continuously on paid vacations for a living.

[SF_Redux]

” As Clarence Thomas hinted at...natural born status does have merit, but...it would be SUCH a mess if Obama were displaced...including risk of civil war ... “

otherwise we simply walk into the furnaces ,, gotcha